If Life is a Circus…Do You Feel Like the Juggler? — When it seems like there are not enough hours in the day to handle every commitment, what can you do? We all know when something is out of alignment. We feel like we can't catch up or are out of control, resulting in neither giving nor getting all we can out of life. read more>

Salon and Nail Safety Insights — This month I interviewed another industry expert, Doug Schoon, of Schoon Scientific, to gain some helpful advice about important salon safety precautions and protocols. It is my hope that as you strive to reinvent or improve your salon's image and services, you will take into consideration Doug's important insights.read more>

Do What You Say You're Going to Do — A leader's role is to see everything.
You look for the right thinking, behavior and performance that will lift your company to its desired outcomes and vision.
You make more tough decisions than fun decisions. You coach people to achieve their full potential. You keep projects on task. You look to the future to ensure the company prospers and endures. read more>

Reinventing Yourself and Reigniting Your Passion — It's the time of year when everyone tends to take a closer look at their lives and ask themselves if everything that's happening around them, to them and inside them looks and feels right.
With the end of the year comes the opportunity to usher out the old and ring in the new — in your business, in your personal life, in your head and in your heart.read more>

Maintaining Balance in Life —
One of the most often asked questions from new beauty professionals is: "How do you maintain balance?" They find their new found path demands so much time and energy just to get started, it can overwhelm.
The advantages of wandering our industry's Blue Highways for me is the personal gratification gained from mentoring future and newly licensed professionals.read more>

Seeking Balance in Both Career and Personal Life — For estheticians, the task of finding balance in their lives often seems to be a choice of having a career or not.
While some estheticians have an employment position that fits their needs, there are many others who are self-employed.
If you are employed, you can pretty much walk away from the stress of the job at the end of your shift.read more>

Balancing the Scales of Life — Doesn't it seem like an extra tall order these days to try to find the right balance in life- especially when juggling a career or business with home life?
Life can get pretty unbalanced running a business or building a career of your own while trying to keep hold of a strong home life.
It is extremely important to maintain a proper balance between work life and personal life. read more>

Balance and Work-Life Integration — It's common to use action terms to describe people's progress through life such as: "moving up," "going downhill," "running in place" or "stuck in neutral." But to quote Albert Einstein, "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." Equate balance with happiness, deriving satisfaction from a sense of stability. read more>

A Career Makeover: Choosing Beauty for Your Next Career — Do you have a friend who is unhappy with their current job?
Tell them that now is a perfect time to reevaluate their goals and ask if choosing beauty for a career is right for them. Here is what you can say to them:
The beauty industry shows no sign of slowing down.read more>